The California Crop Map

The California Department of Water Resource has carried out the nigh detailed survey of crops as well as the world role always competed inwards California. You tin sentiment an interactive map of the survey on Stanford University's Where California Grows its Crops.

The interactive map provides a snapshot of where unlike crops were grown inwards California inwards June-July 2014. Different crops are shown on the maps using unlike colors. For representative the ruby-red color inwards the Salinas Valley shows the abundance of salad crops (e.g. lettuce, broccoli, peppers) grown inwards the valley.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 crop filter at the exceed of the map allows you lot to filter the crops shown on the map. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 discover of quick links are shown beneath the map which zoom as well as middle the map on closed to of the state's nigh of import agricultural areas. As good equally a link to the salad crops of the Salinas Valley in that place are links to the California vino growing percentage as well as to the rice crops & olive crops grown inwards the Sacramento Valley.

Where California Grows its Crops likewise includes a nautical chart which shows the discover of acres given over to each type of crop grown inwards California. The biggest crop (in acreage) is deciduous fruits as well as nuts. The instant biggest crop inwards the the world is pasture (alfalfa, grasses etc). California's vineyards are the 5th biggest crop inwards size of acreage.